They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together (A)against Your sheltered ones.
They have said, “Come, and (B)let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

For they have consulted together with one [a]consent;
They [b]form a confederacy against You:
(C)The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 83:5 Lit. heart
  2. Psalm 83:5 Lit. cut a covenant

With cunning they conspire(A) against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish.(B)
“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(C) them as a nation,(D)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(E) no more.”

With one mind they plot together;(F)
    they form an alliance against you—
the tents of Edom(G) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab(H) and the Hagrites,(I)

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They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

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